Introducing AdsGram
With AdsGram, Telegram game and bot developers can connect their Mini Apps to an advertising system and start earning TON by displaying ads, streamlining the monetization process. Key features:
▪️ Various ad formats: Video ads up to 15 seconds, static banners, and upcoming channel subscriptions.
▪️ Advanced targeting: Premium Telegram subscriptions, device type, platform, geography, and user language.
▪️ Ad effectiveness and payment models: Supports CPM payment model and tracks CTR, CPM, conversions, and Fill Rate.
Join their channel to learn more.
USDt-TON reaches 500M in circulation
Wow! In only two months, more than $500M USDt on TON has been in net circulation. This is the fastest growth in the history of Tether.
The demand for USDt-TON is soaring, and it’s not surprising. The ability to send digital dollars to anyone, anywhere, as easily as sending a text message, is a practical and real-world use case that sets USDt-TON apart.
Could global digital dollar payments to friends in Telegram be the killer app crypto has been looking for?
Introducing DEX Diamonds
DEX Diamonds, a leading jetton exchange aggregator on TON, has launched its Telegram Mini App. In the past 8 months, DEX Diamonds has completed 100K trades with $50M in volume, showcasing rapid growth.
The new app offers highly competitive exchange rates for jettons and a refreshed interface. Discover more about DEX Diamonds here.
The Open League Digest
With Season 4 underway, the Total Value Locked (TVL) on TON has skyrocketed to over $500M. Over 1K applications have been received for The Open League Hackathon, limited early-bird tickets for Gateway are now on sale at a discounted price, and much more!
Join @league for more details.
Tickets now available for TON's annual live conference
The Gateway, TON's second annual live conference, will be hosted in Dubai on November 1-2, 2024, at the Grand Hyatt Convention and Exhibition Center. For more details and updates, keep an eye on the official website.
Limited early-bird tickets are now on sale at a discounted price — grab yours now! For a smoother experience, we suggest getting your ticket via mobile.
Also, we welcome side-events, community activities, sponsorships, and partners before and during the conference. Get in touch with us at gateway@ton.org.
TON Culture Kings: ARBUZ
In the latest feature of TON Culture Kings, where we dive into the wild world of memecoins and community projects on TON, we interviewed ARBUZ.
Discover how ARBUZ is making waves by offering users a fresh and fun way to earn juicy rewards. Read more here.
TapSwap coming to TON
TapSwap, the Tap-2-Earn Telegram Mini App with over 26M social media followers, will launch on TON.
Launched on February 15, 2024, it has seen massive growth. Users earn in-game tokens by tapping and completing missions and tasks. Today, the app boasts over 50M users worldwide and nearly 1M active online.
Stay tuned for our upcoming Space with them on X tomorrow at 14:00 UTC.
State of TON DeFi Q1 2024
Total Value Locked (TVL) has seen significant growth — an impressive 7x increase! This growth is primarily driven by The Open League, which has been boosting user engagement with massive rewards for both users and projects. Additionally, the memecoin hype has sparked increased activity on TON DEXs.
Liquid staking propels TON into the top 20 chains by TVL, remaining the dominant sector. For a detailed analysis, dive into the full report.
Yescoin's explosive growth
Yescoin, a TON-based viral swipe game on Telegram, has reached 18M+ users from nearly every country on earth, with 6M+ connecting their wallets in just over a month.
Leveraging Telegram's viral social mechanisms and unique swipe gameplay, Yescoin aims to bring the next billion users to Web3. For more insights, check out our recent interview with them.
3 days left to apply for The Open League Hackathon
Last minute lovers, this one goes out to you:
💎 $2,000,000 prize pool, access to The Open League fast track, funding by TON Ventures, and more.
Submission deadline: June 15, 2024.
🧠Cheat code: existing projects are welcomed, no ban on the premade code.
All the hackers get the priority access to the exclusive builders growth program.
Submit your project now and grow the next 1B user Telegram Mini App 🦄
The Open League Season 4 kicks off tomorrow
Starting tomorrow at 11:00 AM UTC, we're launching boosted pools on STON.fi and DeDust with over $1.8M in rewards for the next two weeks. More than $730K of these rewards come from projects. A huge shoutout to these teams for their incredible support to TON Community.
This season features four leaderboards, including two new battles: DeFi and NFT, along with the Token and App categories.
Introducing this season’s boosted liquidity pools: WEB3, FNZ, BOLT, KINGY, STON, JVT, HYDRA, WALL, COFE, JETTON, DFC, DUREV, and LLAMA.
Keep onchain activity high and provide liquidity via the @Open_League_Bot to earn rewards!
Maincard launches on TON
Maincard, a Web3 sports fantasy management card game, is now live on TON.
To reward active players, Maincard has announced a program with a prize pool of up to 50,000 Toncoin – don’t miss today’s AMA session to learn more.
Maincard will also soon list its token, $MCN, to enhance the gaming experience.
Join now to claim two free game cards and start playing!
Latest updates from MyTonWallet
MyTonWallet is constantly evolving, offering an improved user experience and innovative features, including gasless payments, NFT functionality and enhancements, zero TON balance transactions, in-app browser, and many more.
Additionally, MyTonWallet introduced a utility token, freely distributed to more than 250K users, boosting daily users to over 300K and earning the #1 spot in CertiK's crypto-wallet ratings.
Explore all the latest features!
Symbiosis launches TON Bridge v1
Symbiosis has introduced TON Bridge v1, enhancing TON's DeFi integration by enabling asset management and trading across over 30 blockchains. Users can execute seamless swaps between TON and multiple networks via app.symbiosis.finance. Audited by Zokyo, the protocol uses proxy smart contracts for secure transactions.
For more details and a how-to-use guide, click here.
Sense x Gsmgarden “U.S.R.L. Seeds”
Communities, Sense, and the innovative artist Gsmgarden have joined forces to launch the Unique Species Research Lab (U.S.R.L.) Seeds campaign. Participate to learn more about U.S.R.L. and get an NFT from Gsmgarden for just 1 Toncoin.
Campaign deadline: June 27, 2024
Click here to get started!
Exchanges race to Telegram
Exchanges are embracing Telegram by launching Mini Apps and bots, highlighting a trend to integrate with the global messenger. Leveraging the TON Ecosystem, they aim to offer a seamless trading experience for Telegram’s 900M users.
▪️ Bitget Mini App: New users get Toncoin and limited-time NOT rewards for trading. The app allows seamless registration and trading within Telegram.
▪️ xKuCoin Mini App: Offers up to 10 USDt to new users and facilitates instant swaps, providing a smooth trading experience.
▪️ Bybit's TradeGPT bot: Provides automated strategies and token insights.
Which exchange is next?
Tonkeeper integrates with Keystone
Tonkeeper, a leading TON wallet with over 26M active users, and Keystone have teamed up to offer an advanced security solution for managing your digital assets.
This integration allows you to use your Keystone wallet directly through Tonkeeper Web and Tonkeeper Pro, ensuring top-level asset security and seamless interaction with the Tonkeeper ecosystem. For more details, check out this post.
UQUID enables Filipinos to pay government dues with USDt-TON
UQUID has launched a new payment service for Social Security System (SSS) members in the Philippines, allowing them to manage contributions and loans using USDt on TON.
This efficient, cost-effective solution benefits 42M SSS members, showcasing the potential for real-world, really valuable use cases for USDt-TON. Details.
UQUID also offers a seamless shopping experience for Telegram and TON users, enabling them to connect their accounts and shop with one click using their Telegram ID.
Flipster now accepts USDt deposits on TON
To celebrate this integration, Flipster is offering you the chance to:
▪️ Earn up to 26% APR on your entire USDt wallet balances, in addition to the benefits of the Flipster Earn and VIP Program.
▪️ Get a share of the 50K USDt pool rewards by starting to mint SBTs when you deposit USDt on Flipster using your TON wallet.
Terms & Conditions apply.
Get started!
Open League Summer
One month ago, TON Society launched 13 IRL bootcamps in 13 cities, where the community came together to PITCH, BUILD, GROW, and WIN. The response was incredible, with 2K participants and over 1K applications received for The Open League Hackathon, with $2M in rewards.
TON is becoming the hottest ecosystem for project launches. Are you ready for an explosion of new projects?
Summer is coming!
Introducing Bounty Bay
Bounty Bay is a Web3 social shopping platform on TON, aiming to transform the Web3 shopping experience for Telegram’s 900M users. During its beta launch, Bounty Bay has reached over 2.6M app views and 700K users.
Core features include in-app social referral mechanics rewarding active users, as well as the ability to form groups to unlock special deals.
Earn from great deals and exclusive offerings!
TON Ecosystem Roundup
As TON continues to evolve and expand, this week brings several updates from three ecosystem projects: JarvisBot, AIPets, and GasPump.
Let's take a closer look at their latest updates.
Explore The Open League and earn Notcoin
The Open League is a competition between projects that rewards you for playing and rewards projects for getting you to play. $40M+ in Toncoin already distributed, and much more to come.
Join the latest Notcoin Earn quest to discover everything about The Open League and earn your share of $40K in Notcoin.
Go to @notcoin_bot to start!
BREAKING: $500M Total Value Locked (TVL)
The GDP of a small country is in use across TON's apps. This incredible achievement is yours, TON Community!
From $22.9M TVL in March 2024 to more than half a billion today – over 2,000% increase. It’s still only the beginning. Slowly, then suddenly.
Pay for your travel with USDt on TON
Travala, a leading crypto-native travel booking service with over 2.2M properties and more than 400K activities worldwide, has integrated with TON.
You can now book millions of hotels, flights, and fun activities all around the world and pay with Toncoin and USDt on TON!
Learn more here.
TON Community has hit a major milestone — over 3 million subscribers on Telegram and more than 1 million followers on X!
A huge thank you to each and every one of you for believing in TON and our vision to empower 500 million users to own their digital identity, data, and assets by 2028.
Access to USDt on TON will be easier than texting; over 100 integrations are coming
More than 100 integrations with various local partners are planned for USDt-TON. Coming soon, we will find this asset is accessible to everyone, everywhere.
TON Foundation and Tether's Business Development teams are dedicated to this massive initiative. They've already integrated with local payment providers in Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, with dozens more planned across the globe!
Learn more here.